Last weekend, October 12 -13, I attended the Blue Ridge Arts Festival 2013. It was my first experience showing my artwork at an outside festival. I had shown my art students work before at different festivals, but I found that things have changed a great deal since my last experience. As I researched online, I […]
Tissue Paper Collage – Imbue
Since I started to work on creating collage artwork about 3 years ago, I have noticed that sometimes I am more excited about a project than others. My ideas come randomly to me. Methods I have never tried and some work better than others but I still enjoy the learning process. With this collage […]
Be Creative – Collage With Tissue Paper
Recently I told part in an online event, International Soul Art day. Women artists from all over the world joined together to create their own art projects using a part of their body depicted in the piece. It also involved watching other women create live on a Google hangout and using a worksheet to record […]
Be Creative – Collage On Clayboard
After working on acrylic abstracts for several weeks, I felt the urge to return to collage and wanted to try something new that I found at the art supply store. Clayboard is a hard surface with ground up kaolin clay applied to hard board and then sanded very smooth to a finish that is very […]
Be Creative – Varied Materials Collage
For this art project I decided to create a varied materials collage. Collage is so much fun because the materials to choose from are endless especially if you use recycled materials also. In this video I discuss the preparation for the project and the materials I have in mind. I used two gallery boards and […]